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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
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What should we do with Seneca?
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
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“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
Global Inequality...
The third framing
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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What Is an Antipope?
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
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Part One, anyway. More next week.
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
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Power laws in criminal behavior
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Do You Believe in Magic?
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Myths and Metamorphoses
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
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And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
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The Art of the Interesting
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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What Was Négritude?
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
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The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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